Those are excellent points, and I think many of the students are quite intimidated by this teacher. What really bothers me is that my son is learning to behave in a way to please a bigger/stronger person rather than use an internal sense of right/wrong. Unfortunately, the bar seems to be always too high for him to reach, and reinforces the idea that he will never get it right. By the way, he passed the test for Newton and is registered for the fall. Hallelujah!!!!